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It’s normal for young people to use clothing, hairstyles and other aspects of their appearance to express who they are and what they believe. It’s all part of growing up and figuring out one’s identity.

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By Dijon Stokes, Policy Fellow, ACLU-WV

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) and Teresa Toriseva of Toriseva Law in Wheeling have filed a lawsuit in Harrison County Circuit Court over the abusive treatment of a transgender high school student, and following the school system’s continued failure to follow its own policies regarding the matter.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey stood firmly on the wrong side of history when he filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 23 asking the court to rule against three individuals who had been fired for being LGBTQ. The three cases include the first transgender civil rights case to be heard by the high court.

Thin-skinned, technically-not-a-felon coal baron Don Blankenship has agreed to drop our client, Wonkette, from his bogus lawsuit targeting more than 100 individuals and media organizations.

ACLU of West Virginia is disturbed by media reports that town officials in Richwood have circulated a list to businesses telling them not to serve alcohol to certain named residents. 

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ACLU-WV has joined tens of thousands of voices demanding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abandon a proposed rule change that would allow discrimination against transgender and nonbinary people in health care.